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If you are a hemophiliac (a genetic disorder) your blood will not clot. Also certain medicines such as Warfarin or Heparin will act as anticoagulants and prevent blood from clotting. People undergoing chemotherapy for cancer also have problems with blood not clotting due to a reduction in the number of platelets present in the blood.
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Can a blood clot in your cheek be removed and is a blood clot in your cheek life threatening?
A blood clot in your cheek is life threatening and you would have to have surgery for the clot to be removed.
Is it important for blood to clot?
If blood wouldn't clot then when someone got a cut his blood would never stop leaking from it. Now that the blood does clot the hole will be filled up and the blood would stop.
Why menstrual blood do not clot?
Menstrual blood has fewer platelets than normal blood because if it was to clot it would be detrimental to the process. If menstrual blood were to clot like normal blood it would inhibit the blood leaving the uterus.
How is blood clotting important?
If your blood did'nt clot you would bleed to death.
What do platelets do when someone is bleeding?
the clot the blood to make it thicker
What is a blood clot that is traveling?
An embolus is a wandering blood clot.
What forms blood clot?
its blood that's got alot of clot
Does antiserum A when added to type O blood make blood clot?
No. Type O blood does not have the surface antigen that Type A antisera binds to. Only type A blood will clot when type A antisera is added.
What does thrombus mean in medical terms?
Thrombus in medical terms means blood clot.
A stationary blood clot is called?
stationary clot is called a thrombus or a blood clot.
What is a blot clot?
it is a blood clot
Blood fails to clot in the absence?
blood does clot and so can your arteries it will clot if you will have a major accident...
